Cybersleuths: The Idaho Murders

I found myself becoming increasingly irritated while watching this documentary. Statements from these "cyber sleuth" influencers are so ridiculous. "We dig deeper... social media is really taking over the game." All of these people insinuating that they can do it better than police, they are smarter than everyone.

"We have this ingrained idea that you need a diploma or a degree in order to do something. But we're living in a new generation where there's other loopholes to get where you wanna be."

How terrifying is that statement? After listening to these people, it is very obvious they have little post secondary education, if any. The arrogance and attitude that they can do this better than trained professionals is infuriating. Also, the deterioration of the English language and general intelligence of people is evident in the film.

If you have any modicum of intelligence, skip this one. And if you had to look up any of the words in my review, go ahead and watch it.

Made it 20 minutes in to the first episode and it's god awful. It's mainly the "sleuths" big noting themselves. Terrible. Who thought this was a good idea. A bunch of narcissistic content creators. If this is the future of true crime shows, the genre is dead. It's that bad that I'm writing my first review so other people don't have to put themselves through the torture of watching this drivel. And now I have to keep waffling on to make up the six hundred character limit. Why does it have to be six hundred? It's ridiculous. I swear I've seen shorter reviews on this site before. Like, seriously, it's too much.

I recommend watching it to know not to watch these idiots. They are people with no life interjecting themselves into murders and causing more problems for the case itself. The two women in the show Betty and the young girl seem to at least try to be responsible but the others on the show I would like to slap over and over again. They just pass hearsay and unsubstantiated claims around like crazy. This movie is 10/10 in exposure of these pathetic people, but 1/10 in what they offer. I gave the show a 4/10 as anyone who thinks these people are investigating with integrity or wants to add to the problem should see why they shouldn't. Jlr and the younger blond in it are pathetic humans.

These "cybersleuths" think they are better than the investigators and reporters. I hate the repetitive track that they put in, as if we didn't hear what everyone said already. Lots of posturing and snippets of all the social media chatter about the actual crime. Seriously, I think they could do a lot of damage to post the people they "predict" is the killer without knowing the facts. I have never done a 1 star rating. I agree with another reviewer, "A bunch of narcissistic content creators", vying for the limelight. Didn't last 5 minutes. Don't waste your time. Not sure what the intended goal of this TV series..butt it fails to deliver.

I am really surprised to read reviews that think this documentary series is about cybersleuths in a good way or because they hate the people being documented, they leave bad reviews of the show.

There is no moralizing narrator telling you how you should feel about these people. Reviewers seem to think that those making the show need to explicitly say these people suck and that they cause(d) harm. The documentary lets the cybersleuths themselves show how much they suck and as we watch them in action as the Idaho Murders investigation unfolds, we see how they cause harm.

Let's be clear, those being documented really, really suck. They use human tragedy for social media branding, to make money, to feel a part of something that has nothing to do with them, and don't care if their "theories" harm investigations and/or trials. They don't care if they accuse innocent people of crimes and ruin/endanger their lives. They don't care when crime victims are re-traumatized by having to respond to online rumors of guilt or having not "behaved correctly in response to a crime." When shown to be wrong, they double down and create even crazier conspiracy theories so they can keep their followers (and money flowing in). They are happy to sow distrust in the criminal justice system for their own gain. Not that it is perfect by ANY means but these people are happy to tear down an important American institution for selfish reasons.

The documentary shows how there is no check on their content. Instead, the further they fall down conspiracy rabbit holes, the more they are rewarded. You catch flashes of self-awareness in some of the people being documented but they quickly make excuses for themselves.

If you are not familiar with true crime vids on TikTok (or true crime podcasts), you will find this documentary series educational and probably alarming.